Flavored butter.....cilantro lime garlic

If you usually buy your "butter" in the big tub then I am about to share some info that will change your cooking forever! I too spent most of my life buying those big tubs....until I went country. I plan on doing a blog later on how to MAKE the butter that I am going to show you how to flavor today. So simple. But for today just move a little further down the case to the butter in the box....you know the one that says BUTTER on the side. I prefer the unsalted, I salt my food and butter differently depending on what I am cooking. So we start with this:

 

The big mason jar is my kosher salt, fresh garlic, fresh lime and this jar of dried cilantro I found at WalMart. Now, you want to let your butter sit out for maybe 30min to an hour and let it soften. I put mine on the griddle on the stove and walk away for a bit. DO NOT MICROWAVE you will have a big soupy mess. Put a plate under your grater or zester and take the outside layer of the lime off. Try not to go too much into the white of it as that part tends to be a little bitter. Add about 1 TBS of the cilantro and about 3 cloves of garlic. I like to use my garlic press (pictured below) put you can mince if you want to. Add your softened butter to plate...you should see something like this:

 

Now get in there with a spoon and mix, mix, mix.....actually it is more like flatten and fold and you got this....

 

Now this is the tricky part. Get you a good sized piece of cling wrap (this stuff HATES me) lay it on the counter and at this point if you want sprinkle a little salt on it. Plop your glob of yummy goodness on the center and fold over wrap and start forming (rolling) it like you would play-doh till you get a nice size log and finish wrapping and stick either in the fridge of freezer. You should have something similar to this:

 

After it chills it will slice beautifully. Unlike the big tub stuff it does not spread easily but adding it to your rice or even a warm piece of bread and you will be making a new batch ever week. Here is how we had it tonight :

 

I hope once you make it you will recover quickly from having you mind blown <3